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And if it does, then why? Which is the chicken and which is the egg -- either they seek media they agree with, or they come to agree with the media they attend to most frequently.
I am asking for you to generalize, which is of course never accurate in all specific cases (but hey, it's fun). I think many have limited access to media -- the armed forces, children, some seniors, those who's eyes will no longer let them read and so may be limited to radio or TV. These groups in addition to those who have pretty much their pick of what to attend to. While driving across the country there were many places where the only radio I could get was evangelical or C&W -- no NPR, etc. No real range of views.
In this question I am also wondering about your views on whether the generational views we see in polling data, showing that younger people get their "news" from the Daily Show, versus older people who point to The Today Show (most watched news programming in the USA, btw) or Fox. And then you see significant differences in opinions on race, religion, homosexuality, and other major issues, between old and young. And even with that general trend, you have demographic groups like "South Park Republicans" (who distrust Repubs but HATE liberals) emerging as groups like "Soccer Moms" fade.
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